devastate
英 ['devəsteɪt]
美 ['dɛvəstet]
助記提示
1. devastate 毀滅＝de + waste + ate.
中文詞源
devastate 摧毀de-, 強調，整個的。vast, 廣闊的。即整個摧毀。
英文詞源
- devastate
- devastate: [17] Etymologically as well as semantically, devastate is related to ‘lay waste’. It comes from the past participle of Latin dēvāstāre, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē- and vāstāre ‘lay waste’. This was a derivative of vāstus ‘waste’, source of English waste.
=> vast, waste - devastate (v.)
- 1630s, perhaps a back-formation from devastation. Apparently not common until 19c.; earlier verb form devast is attested from 1530s, from Middle French devaster. Related: devastated; devastating.
雙語例句
- 1. This September I was invited to devastate the moors of a friend in the north.
- 這年九月我被北方一個朋友邀請去遨遊他的原野.
來自辭典例句
- 2. The Lurker focuses on spies, cloaks and subterfuge to devastate opponents.
- 潛行者專注於使用間諜, 掩飾,和詭計去摧毀敵人.
來自互聯網
- 3. They intended to devastate the town at one stroke.
- 他們企圖一舉摧毀全城.
來自互聯網
- 4. The Maoists, however, have done more to devastate schooling.
- 相對而言, 毛派份子對尼泊爾教育造成的傷害可能還是要大一些.
來自互聯網
- 5. A fire or blood devastate and precious paper - historical documents completely.
- 一場大火或者一場洪水足以使珍貴的紙質資料全部摧毀.
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